PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
Dolor et sed ut adipiscing amet tempor et eu option aliquam ut aliquyam stet velit aliquip. Sit vel et eros. Consequat duo sed ut gubergren dolore. No rebum ut gubergren exerci blandit rebum et dignissim dolor nostrud ipsum ipsum vero sadipscing tempor dolor dolores. Rebum accusam no eirmod amet et et lorem ipsum. Augue erat dolore eirmod. Vero sit ut voluptua ipsum amet nibh. Labore vel dolore cum diam takimata. Dolore eirmod dolores suscipit vulputate et duis consetetur labore consetetur. Dolore elit kasd takimata vero nonummy eirmod et sit et volutpat diam duis congue tempor et ullamcorper ipsum dolor. Dolor consequat lorem doming voluptua vero sadipscing amet delenit quod at amet.
Diam elitr eirmod magna duis tempor est no sanctus dolor duis. Volutpat gubergren eleifend gubergren consetetur in commodo consectetuer diam ut. Labore magna et accusam consectetuer. Sadipscing amet est eum sit dolores. Duo sed at dolore voluptua eirmod sed odio lorem dolore elitr et ut aliquip lorem illum duis volutpat. Clita dolor et molestie kasd duis iusto tempor stet sit facilisis. Magna sadipscing suscipit te dolor et. Takimata ipsum minim elitr dolor et nonumy eirmod ipsum invidunt diam dolores. Dolor tation est ipsum amet in sadipscing dolores vulputate aliquam nonummy. Elitr duo facer takimata delenit consetetur consequat dolore ipsum gubergren sanctus et velit tempor sit. Iriure sadipscing sit tempor amet et nobis gubergren eirmod takimata minim clita ut ipsum et nobis labore eirmod consetetur.
Sample Output H3
Dolore dolore sadipscing lorem ea sea ipsum eirmod. Elitr sea exerci et accusam consetetur. In et accusam invidunt nibh duo et sit dolores clita sit invidunt est duo sit. Ipsum clita enim gubergren vero iusto ea. Commodo vulputate dolor et lobortis aliquam. Magna voluptua eirmod minim duo lorem clita lorem. Sadipscing minim rebum ipsum amet stet dolore suscipit placerat ipsum aliquip ut et et amet. Ut suscipit molestie nonumy dolor voluptua esse. Diam dolore commodo facer accusam et nonumy laoreet sea.
Nonummy nulla et dolores consectetuer sadipscing dolor quod consetetur justo ut diam. Eirmod dolor labore dolore no rebum duis et elitr invidunt clita. Eirmod elitr adipiscing lobortis voluptua sed ea. Dolore ipsum voluptua consequat facilisi tempor aliquyam dolor commodo clita at sanctus elitr accusam diam diam amet takimata sit. Possim ipsum illum at lorem eirmod invidunt amet dolor ut ut diam justo. Feugait consectetuer qui ea no. Ut no ex congue sea takimata tation clita ut lobortis eos justo duis. Ut commodo dolor qui et in. Ipsum placerat eu consetetur possim invidunt no sit. Elitr ipsum ad sed takimata adipiscing dolor invidunt amet.
Sample Output H4
At diam exerci clita et kasd stet. Aliquyam duis lorem amet accusam dolor dignissim velit illum est tempor accusam ipsum. Eirmod amet nonumy dolore labore ut et eum dolores accusam et et in dolore et aliquip erat sed. At dolores sit elitr lorem. Vero assum sit justo autem et. Praesent no eirmod no lorem ad nonummy minim clita blandit dolore erat. Lorem sit et ipsum rebum tempor voluptua ipsum et lorem tempor sea invidunt eros dolor diam at nonummy tempor. Duis diam adipiscing consectetuer. Stet illum ut sadipscing.
Justo minim invidunt vel erat sanctus tation est sanctus lorem facilisis amet. Dolor sit ut dolor dolore. Lorem sed quis lorem velit no erat wisi. Sit tincidunt at sanctus suscipit consequat dolores enim eum rebum. Vulputate et ut aliquyam velit tempor facilisis nonumy facilisis accumsan tempor. Dolor ut consetetur voluptua invidunt. Tempor esse dolore erat et lorem quis erat volutpat consequat. Invidunt aliquip at magna ut ipsum diam dolor autem duo lorem no facer nonumy et takimata.
Sample Output H4
Sit quis takimata voluptua sanctus sea eum autem duo. Ut invidunt eros esse elitr facilisis no lorem sit no ut facilisis dolore diam nibh ut tation no. Eu sit sit et invidunt ipsum takimata justo gubergren delenit et aliquyam molestie erat eirmod et. Nulla rebum stet gubergren rebum praesent at erat eirmod at. Duo ea enim. Ut liber est lorem aliquam ipsum et dolore invidunt ullamcorper amet vero.
Autem ipsum vulputate. Consetetur elit hendrerit. Sit ipsum facilisis facer sit ipsum at duo magna accumsan magna wisi sit dolore sea dolores erat sed. Dolore ut clita ad kasd diam nulla vero duis magna vel invidunt labore diam sit aliquyam dolor. Et vero dolores et duo diam voluptua consetetur justo et luptatum possim et iriure et doming at. Magna diam dolor eleifend accusam eum dolore zzril. Justo dolor dolor lorem vero sanctus ut sit est est sed luptatum dolor in duo et vero accumsan sanctus. Delenit sea takimata dolor elitr sea clita sed nobis ut odio.
Sample Output H3
Stet et dolor lorem labore eirmod duis iriure elit clita sanctus ea sanctus labore et ut. Vel eirmod voluptua ea sit clita lobortis amet et eirmod. Dolores ad et labore eirmod erat labore clita lorem. Diam vel sea odio ea sit. Tempor dolore ut at laoreet eos eos dolore magna. Sit delenit accumsan nihil tempor qui lorem dolor accusam sed iusto diam dolore sit exerci dolore esse iusto. Justo sed erat dolore sanctus dolore invidunt ea justo laoreet dolor dolor invidunt takimata vero kasd gubergren. Consetetur feugiat sit lorem elitr consetetur lorem amet diam et molestie dolore erat et esse quis clita. In aliquyam qui ea lorem qui justo.
Amet lobortis et eos nisl sed kasd. At ipsum et invidunt vulputate erat gubergren lorem elit sed. Dolore eos magna nam amet diam diam dolore augue clita at. Ea dignissim magna sed gubergren in ipsum ipsum clita stet velit gubergren. Dolor tincidunt dolor dolor quis veniam aliquyam eros. Sed euismod autem ipsum accumsan.
Sample Output H4
Eirmod sit dolore enim nam magna molestie sanctus. Wisi rebum elit no. Volutpat dolores accusam amet duis amet at sit lorem ea invidunt nonumy sit. Et veniam veniam dolor elitr dolore eos amet takimata amet est adipiscing consetetur quis. Sed ipsum sea eu autem.
At ipsum diam amet et et illum vel sed dolore facilisis nonumy dolore gubergren takimata clita justo gubergren. Vero kasd at sed amet in dolor amet sit accusam ut takimata et soluta wisi duis. Amet rebum te labore dolor mazim velit sanctus est est sit. Ut dolore nisl molestie sea lobortis minim lorem kasd in accusam dignissim. Eos quis nulla tation aliquyam liber invidunt tation. Consectetuer voluptua nam et eum duo tempor lobortis.
Sample Output H4
Labore no te aliquip stet vulputate rebum lorem amet magna. Tempor eros diam lorem voluptua dolore sit nibh amet erat euismod eum lorem vel. Sed diam sea clita dolore dolore eum labore lobortis sed clita sanctus nibh. Et tation invidunt rebum sit dolore et zzril ut vero invidunt lobortis at erat justo facer volutpat facilisi justo. At invidunt diam eirmod ipsum suscipit eos elitr suscipit.
Voluptua ut suscipit eum clita et sit volutpat lobortis consetetur erat. Ut at consetetur ea ipsum ea rebum eos. Eirmod diam et est gubergren ipsum et tincidunt elitr placerat kasd vel erat iriure sanctus sit. Sea ipsum dolores invidunt amet ullamcorper et. Iusto stet lorem no est voluptua placerat dolores est accusam at. Diam facilisis sed sit elitr clita et tempor dolores iusto ipsum tempor delenit.
More Sample Output H2
Adipiscing facilisi diam invidunt ut. Nibh doming invidunt sit labore. Delenit lorem eros in ut dolore duo et rebum clita dolores sadipscing accusam tempor erat tempor labore autem dolores. Hendrerit duo sanctus kasd dolores ipsum eos ullamcorper hendrerit justo eros eirmod no at takimata enim nulla erat. Dolore amet justo delenit lorem dolore sadipscing dolor ea consequat tempor kasd vulputate erat nonumy praesent duis nonummy. Laoreet voluptua sea erat eos kasd quod sed ut dolor rebum doming.
Nulla kasd amet et laoreet facilisis lobortis quod sit in sanctus diam in vero tincidunt lorem nibh. Invidunt sadipscing labore rebum amet eu doming nisl est nihil nulla magna labore. Wisi vero iriure duo magna consequat vero nonumy kasd et magna ea at nobis lorem clita duo option. Labore nulla te et sadipscing clita ipsum. Et dignissim takimata labore dolor vero sit nam ut minim. Delenit erat est eu magna est.
Sample Output H3
Sea consetetur amet tempor erat gubergren dolores amet wisi sea diam sit. Eirmod lorem lorem ex est lorem. Diam dolore amet sit sea hendrerit labore ut congue elitr. Duis gubergren iriure sed congue justo dolores erat at ut vero est ea. Te et nulla at ex stet diam takimata amet vel ut lorem eirmod kasd lobortis at sed clita. Duis euismod elitr sit in vero invidunt molestie.
Ut dolores ipsum wisi velit et et nibh soluta ipsum facilisis et ipsum duis dolor voluptua. Liber nonumy sadipscing sit dolor aliquam luptatum dolor sit enim. Elit illum rebum vel. Dolore voluptua feugiat lorem ut quod duis aliquyam ut facilisi nonumy sea nonummy eirmod consetetur consetetur dolores at ea. Et vero accusam clita tempor at takimata amet zzril elitr et commodo lorem. Eos facilisi nulla sed dolor stet tation stet ipsum facer molestie lobortis consetetur clita tincidunt aliquyam. No ea clita invidunt id eirmod. Sit vulputate invidunt aliquyam et dolore vero liber aliquam no et tempor stet nonumy at velit odio accusam. Amet diam rebum ut consetetur. Ut gubergren vero amet no et dolor et eros nobis at voluptua feugiat ipsum facilisis ad erat ut ut.
Sample Output H4
At in dolore. Vero sed facilisi eirmod eirmod ipsum vero et et rebum veniam. Justo enim et. Ut euismod ullamcorper sanctus tation vero. At blandit ipsum erat luptatum luptatum diam elitr sit tincidunt nonumy duo justo velit dolore eirmod. Labore aliquam duis et amet ad kasd hendrerit at quod cum. Est no tempor amet. Luptatum lorem diam justo dolore feugait aliquyam nonumy dolor at veniam. Sanctus ipsum ipsum invidunt lorem et elitr.
Voluptua dolor tempor et eirmod vero lobortis et amet et ut ipsum kasd vero minim. Dolore sed at feugiat iriure volutpat no rebum dolor erat amet ut in dolor sanctus nonummy. Labore placerat vel invidunt dolor consectetuer volutpat. Sit dolor sea rebum no sit at diam voluptua eirmod sadipscing. Ipsum sed vero duis hendrerit erat dolores vel ipsum enim at autem ipsum dolore. Aliquip diam stet vulputate ut diam tempor ipsum. Amet sit qui eros clita amet erat stet clita rebum accusam aliquam dolores vero vero. Ut eos elitr rebum dolore clita facilisi kasd dolor hendrerit stet clita amet dolores voluptua clita.
Sample Output H4
Exerci placerat sed nulla kasd sea lorem rebum et gubergren kasd nonumy duo lorem lorem stet et dolores. Vel duis eirmod veniam. Vero nostrud illum takimata clita diam lorem no elitr amet magna tempor eos ut nonummy. Ea voluptua aliquyam dolore amet stet sadipscing gubergren elitr autem gubergren gubergren dolores. Diam aliquam aliquyam invidunt erat. Amet voluptua sit est et ipsum dolor nonumy. Gubergren consequat dolore est doming dignissim sit no no elitr iriure.
Enim eirmod duo amet elitr magna dolor nulla takimata erat sea sit et. Vero vero voluptua ipsum ut est consequat quod sit amet aliquam accusam sed hendrerit delenit amet. Velit ea eos et molestie eirmod sed kasd praesent sit duis sea voluptua at no et. Diam labore eirmod augue dolor lorem consequat accusam ipsum lorem sed. Diam sea sed sed feugiat ipsum. Lorem elitr voluptua invidunt ipsum vulputate rebum ut dolor. No et ipsum luptatum in ea dolore elit autem quis et stet no hendrerit et. Voluptua exerci amet ut et et eos. Dolore et velit ipsum aliquyam diam.
Sample Output H3
Et magna eos consequat sadipscing. Ea elitr minim te aliquyam elitr sit eum soluta dolores lorem sed kasd eirmod hendrerit magna dolor elitr. Hendrerit voluptua et amet. Elitr dolore sed invidunt tempor volutpat ad aliquyam duis takimata aliquyam ipsum. Sadipscing dolor aliquyam. Erat accusam eirmod consetetur sed adipiscing amet sadipscing amet gubergren aliquyam eirmod aliquam sadipscing sit. Labore nisl sed rebum eirmod consetetur dolore ut. Dolore nisl sed vulputate sed lorem at duo magna.
Sanctus vulputate rebum. Praesent elitr adipiscing consetetur sit. Diam rebum labore lorem takimata diam elitr amet no duo. Sit et minim magna ipsum sanctus duis ullamcorper eos et at amet sit consetetur nulla nonumy in. In quod lobortis et lorem feugait esse takimata et duo rebum et ipsum labore aliquyam kasd qui.
Sample Output H4
Vulputate eos invidunt nonumy esse consequat laoreet molestie et. Gubergren diam justo sit justo vulputate consetetur ea lorem justo duo te. Eos sed elitr sanctus ut ipsum ea dolor euismod duis duo amet lorem cum. Labore accusam id consetetur labore ut eos sed nostrud ea duo labore justo aliquyam. Voluptua dolores magna ut rebum kasd rebum at accusam erat lorem accusam cum sit. Sit ipsum labore nonumy zzril eu at quod hendrerit. Amet ut nulla accumsan labore ipsum amet sanctus. Eirmod sit et rebum in no assum commodo tincidunt stet erat stet in consetetur clita enim. Amet magna ea consectetuer lorem sadipscing labore elitr dolor tincidunt illum luptatum invidunt sed gubergren luptatum. Nulla consequat dolore eirmod clita nulla diam ut nonumy nulla clita stet erat tation. Erat duo dolor ea vero ut vulputate.
Placerat consetetur ex ipsum magna lorem labore et ipsum voluptua est. Dolore kasd ullamcorper duo esse nobis no vel gubergren feugiat dolores rebum dolore. Justo id consetetur gubergren nonumy et eos illum dolor ea clita eos tempor. Iriure sed et accusam nonumy takimata dolor sea. Option consequat et aliquyam. Sanctus stet sed lorem et diam duo sea eros iusto clita iusto ullamcorper vel stet eirmod nonumy.
Sample Output H4
At dolor duo nostrud amet in id tincidunt clita duis augue accumsan dolores ipsum. Diam vel sea at sit nulla invidunt. Amet amet labore commodo amet amet consetetur facilisi kasd ut hendrerit lorem erat nisl justo kasd. Duis est takimata no ipsum dolor ipsum wisi at tempor erat magna magna option vulputate eos rebum. Praesent gubergren elitr te at duo takimata invidunt esse sadipscing magna consequat et duo at clita. Dolor sed clita duo dolor ex dolore et sit. Exerci eu est.
Ipsum vulputate sit sanctus ipsum dolor congue. Dolor amet consetetur kasd accusam stet ea sed est qui. Dolor amet et. Dolore eu gubergren iusto at ipsum no sanctus sit elitr commodo dolore ipsum consequat lorem gubergren tempor sed. Te et tempor accusam sed no ex invidunt ullamcorper eros dolore amet iusto diam tempor. Diam consetetur rebum justo consequat nam nonumy elitr dolor eos gubergren kasd rebum consequat. Eirmod clita accusam gubergren sed adipiscing diam. Augue erat dolores sea magna accusam sea at sea dolores ut. Ea suscipit accusam ut est et consetetur tempor. Et assum vulputate et et elitr labore praesent duo exerci. Molestie quis blandit sed illum rebum no accusam iriure.